make two ends meet
基本解释
- 使收支相觝
英汉例句
- More than 7 million Americans hold down two or even three jobs to make ends meet.
大約7百萬以上的美國人爲了平衡家庭收支不得不堅持做兩到三份工作。
blog.sina.com.cn - But we know it takes two paychecks to make ends meet today, when it used to take one.
但是我們知道今天花了兩張付薪水的支票來收支相觝，就在慣常的花掉一張的時候。
blog.sina.com.cn - Maybe you have a newborn or a sick child, or maybe you’re working two jobs to make ends meet.
可能你有一個剛出生或者生病的孩子，又或者你在打兩份工以維持生活。 - This suggests that the base pay rates remain too low and that many workers are struggling to make ends meet given the rising cost of living in China and the difficulty that single children have in supporting two aging parents.
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